Warner Bros Studios is looking for an actor between the ages of 29 and 35 for the prequel, Gosling is reportedly interested. It's rumored to be an origin story, with songs and mood similar to the Gene Wilder original.

Gosling is currently king of the hill and can do ANYTHING he wants, there is no fucking reason for him to take this. He's not Johnny Depp levels of broke or Nic Cage levels of desperate, don't do this, my dude.

He's got two daughters. I remember him doing an interview during LLL promo where he said he hasn't wanted to do a "dark" role for over a year (I guess Blade Runner was too tempting to pass up) because he didn't want it weighing him when he has to go home to the wife and kids, but Willy Wonka basically kills kids, dude lol

I liked it at the time. I liked some of the casting (Freddie Highmore was adorable) and the fact that they did the squirrel scene from the book. Also liked the additional backstory w/ Wonka's dad, but Christopher Lee is amazing in everything so that might influence my opinion more than the backstory itself.

Otherwise, the original is so much better. There's no competition when Gene Wilder is involved.